The Virginia protest against proposed gun control laws didn’t turn into another Charlottesville, much as the media were warning that it could. “An armed society is a polite society.” There was no violence; pro-Second Amendment demonstrators attacked no one. Even when Communists infiltrated the crowd, they were mostly ignored. Unlike in Charlottesville 2017, the authorities didn’t deliberately create conflict.

There were many black demonstrators defending the Second Amendment, and conservatives eagerly shared videos of them.

It did no good. Many leftists and journalists (usually the same thing) furiously attacked the protesters on Twitter, not just for what they stand for, but because they were white. The contempt and vitriol were typically liberal. Anyone carrying a weapon was automatically a “domestic terrorist.”

What’s happening in Richmond today is not only scary but also underscores that the cruelty is the point. If they just wanted to advance an argument on gun rights, they wouldn’t do it on #MLKDay. The miss being able to openly terrify people, especially black people. #richmondrallyhttps://t.co/Koc8EYoRit

Last night, 13 March For Our Lives students travelled secretly to Richmond & slept overnight in the Capitol in order to avoid the white supremacists who threatened violence. We stand in solidarity with them today. #IStandwithVirginiapic.twitter.com/g5xrnEizb1

These armed domestic terrorists, these insecure wusses with large guns, these white supremacist bottom feeders, these 2nd Amendment fetishists who can’t get laid, these fucking losers marching in this #VirginiaRally in Richmond, are the best argument yet for stricter gun control.

Axios said the protest was about “hate.” “On a day that is meant to celebrate what would have been the 91st birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.,” wrote Sara Kehaulani Goo, “the nation is grappling with emboldened white nationalist groups and racial tension.”

“Right now, thousands of gun rights activists, white nationalists, militia groups all swarming the state capitol in Richmond,” said MSNBC’s Craig Melvin. He also described “armed militia, white nationalist groups from all over the country taking part on MLK day.”

“Antifa” was trending throughout the day. Conservatives celebrated peaceful protests. The Guardian’s Lois Beckett said it was striking there were so few police, contrasting it to police confronting “college students” on the anniversary of Charlottesville. Others complained that “mask laws” weren’t being strictly enforced, even with the bitter cold.

Message of the day in Richmond. One side has more ballots. The other side only bullets. And as Lincoln wrote: “Among free men, there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet; and that they who take such appeal are sure to lose their case, and pay the cost.” https://t.co/6gr0VzY39E

Yet gun control is coming in Virginia because leftists imported a new population to vote for them. Many journalists admitted this right after the 2019 election. What does “self-government” or “democracy” mean in such circumstances?

It’s heartening so many people braved the cold and the press to stand up for their rights. However, those rights will fade along with Virginia’s white majority, whatever the Constitution says. Leftists don’t hate “freedom,” they despise whites and they want to strip our rights from us. We should take them at their word.